GRETNA WEDDING
RICH GIRI , Miss Margaret Patricia porrir, 20-year-old daughter of a Manet* iter cotton merchant, eloped frc>'' her father’s Scottish castle at Sira;. L' raer, Wigtownshire. F Over the anvil at Gretua Green st ; P married Flying-officer Hector \m£ Lawrence, who used to drop boi* k; of chocolates from his aeroplane •; her on the castle lawn. ’■ A few hours before, David Mail;•tosh, of Gretna Hall smithy, recek; ► a mysterious telephone call from nfe unknown woman, who asked it i> had married a man named Lawrei ■ ’’ He told her that no. one nan.-; v, 5 , Lawrence had .visited the smitir.gl She rang off, giving no explanafeß ■ “Mr. Lawrence made no commer. when told of the ’phone call," sail V Mr. Macintosh. J Flying-officer Lawrence’s fate said: “The couple were engaged i. my knowledge for eight monte |!j They have got' married and good || Itick to them. That ,is all lam ptt 1 pared to say. They can tell yon te|| rest themselves.” 8
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12825, 21 August 1939, Page 6
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